>> david: tonight, the breaking news late today. tina turner has died. she was a legend. tonight tina turner in her own words here. we look back on her life from her childhood, her early years with ike turner, surviving abuse, how she then broke barriers, redefining herself as a solo artist. emerging as a role model and one of music's most powerful performers, a global icon. tonight from "proud mary" to "what's love got to do with it," "private dancer" to "the best" the tributes now pouring in, mick jagger among them. the other news tonight, republican governor ron desantis making it official he's running for president. the plan to reveal it in a chat on twitter with elon musk but the technical challenges at this hour on a platform once loved by donald trump.

jonathan karl reporting from miami. the debt ceiling showdown and what we have just learned tonight about the talks today, no deal. and house members will go home for the memorial day weekend. rachel scott is live. the memorial day weather, we are tracking severe storms across several states in the south tonight and the system in florida set to move up the coast. we'll time this out through the holiday. rob marciano is here. tonight the remarkable medical breakthrough when it comes to spinal cord injuries. groundbreaking technology helping a paralyzed man walk again for the first time in more than a decade. implants in the brain and the spinal cord, using the power of thought now to walk again, to climb stairs. will reeve on what this could mean. the nation tonight marking one year since the horrific school shooting into uvalde, texas. what played out today in that community. and then the moment of silence at the white house. the young poet amanda gorman tonight pushing back. why a school in florida is now banning the poem she read at president biden's inauguration from young students. and tina turner tonight in her own words.

what she told "abc news" back in 1982. it signaled what was to come, and she did it. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from "abc news" world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night and we do begin tonight with the news late today the passing of tina turner, a legend, a survivor, a singer who redefined herself and became a global icon in her 40s and 50s and beyond. tonight her childhood, the daughter of tennessee sharecroppers. her early years performing with ike turner. and what tina turner survived during those years. ike turner and the abuse. how she got out of that marriage with no money but fought to keep the name he gave her. tina turner. she would struggle but years later she would prevail. in the mid-1980s the album "private dancer," the song "what's love got to do with it" and so many albums afterward. tonight here, the dream she always had to fill a stadium of the rolling stones in the moment in that stadium when she did it.

breaking a record. she was brave. she broke boundaries. tonight tina turner, her music, her own words, and the legacy she now leaves behind. tina turner was a legend. >> ♪ big wheel keep on turning ♪ ♪ proud mary keep on burning ♪ ♪ rolling, rolling, rolling rolling on the river ♪ >> david: her story defines strength and bravery. the little girl born anna mae bullock in brownsville, tennessee. >> i'm a girl from a cotton field that pulled myself above what was not taught to me. >> david: she was the daughter of sharecroppers, abandoned by her parents when she was young, her mother would come in and out of her life. while still in high school in east st. louis, illinois, in the late 1950s, she saw ike turner perform. she was just 17 at the time and she asked if she could sing a song at intermission. she was magnetic, they could all see it, including ike. >> i was young, naive.

and everything was just opened up to me. >> it was ike's band. but tina was the shining star. >> david: he would give her the name tina, and she would become tina turner. >> ♪ left a good job in the city ♪ working for the man every night and day ♪ >> david: her version of "proud mary" would give ike and tina turner their first top ten hit. >> ♪ big wheel keep on turning ♪ ♪ proud mary keep on burning ♪ ♪ rolling, rolling, rolling on the river ♪ >> david: what the world didn't see at the time was the pain and the darkness of that marriage. ike turner was abusive. she would not speak often of that abuse. but when she did, it was profound. this is what she told "abc news" in 1982. >> my life with ike, it was one that a lot of maybe people are

familiar with. husbands that practice brutality. >> david: she was asked at the time why she stayed so long. >> i felt responsible. i felt that i couldn't leave because too many things would be destroyed. >> david: the documentary "tina" on hbo just two years ago. >> i had an abusive life. there's no other way to tell the story. >> david: telling the story of how she got out of that marriage, famously leaving with nothing. $0.36 in her pocket and as she would say, a gas charge card. >> so i said "i'll just take my name." ike fought a little bit because he knew what i would do with it. and it was through court that i got it. tina. ♪ there's something on my mind ♪ >> david: she would fight to keep the name. tina turner, she said, was hers. with young sons, she struggled to redefine her career as a solo black female rock star and then came the solo album, "private dancer." >> ♪ private dancer ♪

♪ dancer for money ♪ ♪ do what you want me to do ♪ >> david: on it, her 1981 smash hit "what's love got to do with it." >> ♪ what's love got to do, got to do with it ♪ ♪ who needs a heart when a heart can be broken ♪ >> david: she was 45, and she had done it on her own. "new york times" calling the album at the time a landmark in the career of the 45-year-old singer. "what's love got to do with it" won multiple grammys, record of the year, song of the year, best female pop vocal performance. she became a global sensation. there would be many albums to follow. including "foreign affair." >> ♪ you're simply the best ♪ ♪ better than all the rest ♪ >> david: there was the big screen too. >> ♪ we don't need another hero ♪ ♪ we don't need to know the way

home ♪ >> david: at nearly 50 years old, one of her dreams, to fill a stadium like the rolling stones would come true. nearly 200,000 fans would show up in rio, breaking a record for the largest audience for a solo artist. >> you can't imagine what it was like to stand there. it's a feeling like "i did it." and it's really genuine. it's almost like magic because you're standing there and they are really giving you the love. are you ready? >> david: she was inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame with ike turner and later inducted on her own. and tina would find love too. she met her husband, german record executive erwin bach, and they were together more than 35 years. in the end, she lived a quieter life in switzerland with her husband and with a home and gardens she had always dreamed of. and in 2019, a rare appearance in new york city for the debut

of the broadway show "tina." it was there she said this. >> this musical is my life, but it's like poison that turned to medicine. >> david: tina turner was a survivor who defied boundaries and who redefined herself. tonight being remembered by her peers and by her fans as simply the best. >> ♪ than anyone i ever met ♪ ♪ oh, you're the best! ♪ >> david: it is quite a life story. tonight mick jagger saying "i am so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend tina turner. she was truly an enormously talented performer and singer inspiring, warm, funny, and generous," he writes. "she helped me so much," he said. "i will never forget her." and later tonight here on this broadcast, what we found from 1982. what she told "abc news" and

then she did it. it's quite remarkable to hear. that's later here tonight. in the meantime, we move on now to the other news this wednesday evening. florida governor ron desantis making it official he's running for president on twitter with elon musk. but the major technical challenges just before we came on the air tonight for him. abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl in miami tonight. >> reporter: ron desantis planned to make his big announcement in an audio-only discussion with elon musk on twitter but from the start, it was plagued with technical difficulties. his campaign making the announcement instead with this video. >> i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> reporter: the 44-year-old desantis has been acting like a presidential candidate for months, especially after he won reelection as florida's governor in a 19-point landslide. >> we made promises to the people of florida, and we have delivered on those promises. >> reporter: desantis has used his position as governor to push hot-button culture war issues to appeal to the

conservatives who dominate the republican primaries, including banning classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity all the way through 12th grade. signing a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at florida's public universities. desantis has had some stumbles along the way. he was roundly criticized by other republicans when he called russia's invasion of ukraine a "territorial dispute." in recent weeks, he was unable to answer the basic question, "why are you trailing donald trump?" >> i'm not, i'm not a candidate so we'll see if and when that changes. >> reporter: for months, trump has relentlessly attacked him spending millions of dollars on tv ads. they were once the closest of allies, trump helping desantis get elected governor in 2018. >> he's going to be a great, great governor.n, ce on up. >> reporter: back then, desantis

ran as a clone of trump. >> make america great again. >> reporter: today one of his rivals, former ambassador nikki haley, said desantis is still trying to be donald trump. >> all of it is copying trump. he needs to be his own person. he needs to get out there and say what he believes, what he thinks. if he's just going to be an echo to trump, people will just vote for trump. >> reporter: after about 25 minutes of technical difficulties, ron desantis finally appeared with elon musk on twitter spaces, the audio-only discussion forum. he made the announcement although there wasn't much of a discussion. it sounded more like a stump speech. to say the least, david, not a smooth start to a presidential campaign. >> david: all right, jon karl with us live tonight. jon, thank you. in the meantime, to the battle over raising the debt ceiling. tonight negotiators for house speaker kevin mccarthy did go to the white house today to try and make a deal but tonight no deal. that june 1st deadline for default now just about a week away and we have learned this evening that house members are going home for the holiday weekend now. let's get right to rachel scott

live up on the hill tonight and rachel, you've also learned they've been told to be ready to come back. >> reporter: that's exactly right, david. lawmakers were told that they would need to return back to washington, d.c., within 24 hours if an agreement is reached. negotiators met at the white house for four hours today. house speaker kevin mccarthy told us that progress was made but not enough to close the deal. republicans are not budging on this. they say they will not agree to raise the debt limit until the president agrees to deep spending cuts. but time is running out. if congress does not act, the government could run out of the money that it needs to pay the nation's bills as soon as june 1st, putting millions of jobs at risk, david. >> david: rachel scott live on the hill. rachel, thank you. now to the scare outside the white house. the 19-year-old from missouri accused of repeatedly ramming his rented u-haul truck into those barriers in the white house. appearing in federal court today. sai kandula was charged with destruction of federal property. it was revealed he is not a u.s. citizen but is a legal resident. the secret service says he wanted to take power and said he would kill president biden

if he had to. and that during his arrest, he took a nazi flag out of his investigators carrying fbi equipment seen at a home just outside st. louis. we turn next here this evening to the severe storms tonight and what's coming for the holiday weekend. storms in the coming hours across the texas panhandle yet again and the system in florida set to move up the coast. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all as always for us. hey, rob. >> rob: hi, david. that system in florida is going to be a washout for some on the east coast this weekend but let's talk texas. third day they gotten it. we've got a severe thunder storm watch out for the high plains to the panhandle and eastern new mexico. big hail, could see a tornado. this watch is up until 10:00 tonight. florida, you got it again today. we had a wind gust of six to 2 miles an hour in palm county. this flood watches up until 10:00 p.m. for south florida and dangerous rip currents for north florida. that disturbance does gather little bit of strength over the next couple days and rides up to georgia and south carolina coastline. saturday, sunday looks to

be wet. high-pressure keep in the northeast. you've got some showers around. david. >> david: rob marciano with us. thank you, rob. also tracking that when hitting guam tonight, the storms the slamming the island with winds up to 140 miles an hour. this is the privilege of a cat4 hurricane. reports of flash flooding tonight, damaged homes, power outages. the u.s. navy diverting a carrier group to help the recovery efforts. we turn now to the remarkable medical breakthrough tonight when it comes to spinal cord injuries. groundbreaking technology helping a paralyzed man walk again for the first time in more than a decade. implants in the brain and the spinal cord, using the power of thought to walk again, to climb stairs. will reeve tonight on what this could mean. >> reporter: tonight, groundbreaking new technology enabling a paralyzed man to walk again for the first time in more than a decade. thanks in part to the power of his own thoughts. gert-jan oskam was in a motorcycle crash in 2011. >> 12 years ago, i got in an accident and had a spinal cord injury.

so i'm not able to move my legs anymore. >> reporter: a year ago, scientists in switzerland placing electronic implants in areas of its brain and spinal cord that control movement. then, using artificial intelligence, researchers building what they call a digital bridge establishing a wireless connection between oskam's brain and spinal cord to stimulate movement. bypassing the injured areas his body, essentially putting his thoughts into action. >> i could control my hips. the brain implants picked up what i was doing with my hips. >> reporter: the 40-year-old has been able to stand, walk, and even climb stairs with the help of those implants and even when the implants are turned off, oskam can walk with the help of crutches. the researchers saying he developed new nerve connections. >> we can get back up to the people with the spinal cord injury and they will be able to walk again thanks to the digital bridge. >> david: this is really just incredible. will reeve with us tonight and will, i know whenever

there's news on spinal cord injuries, any new hope or potential breakthrough is that this is really personal for you and your family. >> reporter: yeah, david. my father, christopher reeve, was in many ways the face of paralysis after his spinal cord injury in 1995. he dreamed of breakthroughs like this and he fought for them. he would've been the first person to volunteer for this procedure. it still is early days. the treatment is not yet widely available to patients but this provides a bright beacon of hope for the spinal cord injury community. >> david: and i guess your father would be very proud of you, will, that you are reporting on these breakthroughs. will reeve tonight. will, thank you. next here tonight that a nation working one year since the horrific school shooting at uvalde, texas. what played out in that community to name in the moment of silence at the white house. john quinones tonight from uvalde. >> reporter: one year after the massacre at robb elementary, 21 butterflies released in the memory of the lives lost that day. 19 students and two teachers. [bell ringing]

church bells ringing out across uvalth aas gularo a ment of whe e with psident benan the fi. before the president addressed the families and the nation affected by gun violence. >> it's been hard to make progress, but there will come a point where our voices are so loud, our determination is so clear, that we can no longer be stopped. we will act. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: for the last year we have stayed in uvalde, following the families as they push for stricter gun laws and demand accountability. >> we want answers. we seek justice and we demand change. >> reporter: tonight there is frustration as those families wait to see whether anyone will be charged for the bungled police response. jessica orona's son, noah, miraculously survived a bullet to the back after playing dead on the floor.

>> we feel that there is no justice for the fallen 21. accountability, and i think that's what hurts the most. >> reporter: as these families struggle to heal, they forged an unbreakable bond, finding comfort here at the murals of their children. it's the one place, these mothers tell us, that brings them peace and joy. >> it's very easy to want to push all the bad things in the world aside. but we forget this will just happen again and again. >> reporter: david, sources tell "abc news" that the investigation into what went wrong here is now focusing on the decisions made in those critical first moments. the findings will be turned over to a grand jury but the district attorney has given no timetable. david. >> david: john, we know you and our small team have stayed there for a full year and i know you are committed to saying there beyond, so thank you, john. when we come back here on this very busy news night, there is

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